Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, music producer, and composer of film, television, and video game scores. Much of his work is in the action and horror film genres, with films like Dawn of the Dead, 300, Sucker Punch, Halloween and Halloween II and the John Wick franchise. He has collaborated with directors like Zack Snyder, Rob Zombie, Gennady Tartakovsky, Neil Marshall, William Friedkin, Scott Derrickson, James Gunn, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. In addition, he is the lead guitarist of the American rock band Marilyn Manson and produced his albums The Pale Emperor, Heaven Upside Down and  One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1. He is Jerry Cantrell's touring/studio member.